7 Google Maps Underwater Locations That Look So Gorgeous, You'll Be Booking A Holiday Within Minutes

Fans of Finding Nemo and Jacques Costeau can rejoice: Google's Street View is taking a deep dive under the sea. In honor of World Oceans Day on June 8, Google added 40 underwater locations to Street View on Thursday. You can partake in rich, panoramic views of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Crystal Bay in Fiji, and the Cook Islands in the South Pacific, among other locations. According to a post on Google Maps' blog, the project is a part of a four-year partnership with Google Earth Outreach, XL Caitlin Seaview Survey and NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Google Earth Outreach has made headlines for helping communities around the world use the Google Earth and Google Map tools for a wide variety of purposes, like visualizing the global fishing fleet or showcasing the culture of the Sherpa tribes of Mt. Everest.

According to Google, each image is a "GPS-located digital record", which can be used as a "baseline" to look at changes over time. For example, documenting underwater sites such as the Great Barrier Reef can make it easier to see the yearly impacts of climate change. According to their site, Google will continue to work with XL Caitlin Seaview Survey to map and publish more imagery in the future.

Ribbon Reef, Great Barrier Reef

Yongala Shipwreck

The SS Yongala had 122 passengers on board when it fell victim to a cyclone in 1911, according to The Australian Geographic. The shipwreck has grown into an artificial reef, with huge numbers of marine life feeding on the plankton that grow on its boards.